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Wildlife of Lancaster

Learn about all kinds of animals that live in Lancaster here.

Eastern Chipmunk 1
Tamias striatus
American Red Squirrel 2
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Southern Flying Squirrel 3
Glaucomys volans
American Water Shrew 4
Sorex palustris
Smoky Shrew 5
Sorex fumeus
North American Least Shrew 6
Cryptotis parva
Eastern Mole 7
Scalopus aquaticus
Hairy-tailed Mole 8
Parascalops breweri
Star-nosed Mole 5
Condylura cristata
Western Honey Bee 9
Apis mellifera
Rainbow Trout 10
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Brown Trout 11
Salmo trutta
Pandorus Sphinx 12
Eumorpha pandorus
North American Luna Moth 13
Actias luna
Polyphemus Moth 14
Antheraea polyphemus
Widow Skimmer 15
Libellula luctuosa
Black Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 16
Megarhyssa atrata
Eastern Elderberry Borer 17
Desmocerus palliatus
Blue-fronted Dancer 18
Argia apicalis
Great Spangled Fritillary 8
Speyeria cybele
Rosy Maple Moth 19
Dryocampa rubicunda
Lesser Anglewing 20
Microcentrum retinerve
Grapevine Beetle 21
Pelidnota punctata
Spotted Apatelodes Moth 22
Apatelodes torrefacta
Asian Lady Beetle 23
Harmonia axyridis
Common Buckeye 24
Junonia coenia
Painted Lady 25
Vanessa cardui
American Lady 26
Vanessa virginiensis
Monarch 27
Danaus plexippus
Wheel Bug 28
Arilus cristatus
Red Admiral 29
Vanessa atalanta
White-lined Sphinx 30
Hyles lineata
House Centipede 31
Scutigera coleoptrata
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle 32
Cicindela sexguttata
Smallmouth Bass 33
Micropterus dolomieu
Bluegill 34
Lepomis macrochirus
White Crappie 35
Pomoxis annularis
Brook Trout 36
Salvelinus fontinalis
Pumpkinseed 37
Lepomis gibbosus
Blinded Sphinx 28
Paonias excaecata
Pipevine Swallowtail 28
Battus philenor
Spotted Turtle 38
Clemmys guttata
Eastern Box Turtle 39
Terrapene carolina carolina
Eastern Giant Swallowtail 40
Papilio cresphontes
Halloween Pennant 41
Celithemis eponina
Fiery Skipper 33
Hylephila phyleus
Gray Hairstreak 42
Strymon melinus
Eastern Carpenter Bee 43
Xylocopa virginica
Red-eared Slider 44
Trachemys scripta elegans
Common Checkered-Skipper 45
Pyrgus communis
Greater Bee Fly 46
Bombylius major
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 47
Coccinella septempunctata
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp 48
Sphecius speciosus
Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth 49
Spoladea recurvalis
Sachem 50
Atalopedes campestris
American Dog Tick 51
Dermacentor variabilis
Dark Paper Wasp 52
Polistes fuscatus
Zabulon Skipper 53
Poanes zabulon
Golden Northern Bumble Bee 54
Bombus fervidus
Agile Long-horned Bee 55
Melissodes agilis
Black Saddlebags 56
Tramea lacerata
Faint-spotted Palthis Moth 57
Palthis asopialis
Elegant Grass-veneer 58
Microcrambus elegans
Bald-faced Hornet 59
Dolichovespula maculata
Pearl Crescent 60
Phyciodes tharos
Eastern Boxelder Bug 61
Boisea trivittata
Tulip-tree Silkmoth 32
Callosamia angulifera
Bold Jumping Spider 62
Phidippus audax
European Carp 32
Cyprinus carpio
Eastern Comma 1
Polygonia comma
European Hornet 63
Vespa crabro

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